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DARIEN, Conn. – A 51-year-old Darien man was arrested Friday for the third time — this time on charges of supplying children as young as 12 with pot, alcohol and tobacco products "on an almost daily basis" for months, police said.

"Due to the sensitive nature of this investigation" and because it involved numerous juvenile victims, Yarish was arrested twice previously — on July 24 and Sept. 1, police said.

As the investigation developed, detectives uncovered evidence of Yarish's sales of marijuana, alcohol and tobacco to Darien juveniles, police said.

These transactions — conducted via text messages and phone calls — have occurred almost daily since December, police said. Yarish delivered the products to the juveniles at a substantial markup over cost, police said.

Yarish, of 20 Cherry St., was charged Friday with six counts of risk of injury to a minor and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment.

The Department of Children and Families continues to be a part of this investigation and has been working with police to ensure the safety of the involved juveniles, police said.

On July 24, Yarish was arrested after police said he was buying alcohol for teens at a substantial markup for several months. He took orders via text messages and phone calls, buying the alcohol at local establishments, and delivering it to teens from Darien at a substantial markup, according to police.

Yarish was charged with felony counts of providing alcohol to minors and risk of injury to a minor and released on $40,000 bond.

On Sept. 1, he was arrested on multiple charges of using cocaine with juveniles as young as 14 in his Darien home, police said. He was charged with five counts of risk of injury to a minor and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment, police said. Bond was set at $100,000 in that case.